Definitions for: Replacement


[n] the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"
[n] a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
[n] an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
[n] a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor"
[n] someone who takes the place of another person
[n] filling again by supplying what has been used up



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*place"ment (-ment), n.
1. The act of replacing.

2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or
more planes.

Synonyms: alternate, permutation, refilling, renewal, replacing, replenishment, substitute, substitution, successor, surrogate, switch, transposition

See Also: backup, backup man, commutation, compeer, displacement, equal, equivalent, exchange, fill-in, filling, fluctuation, match, novation, peer, pitching change, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, successor, supersedure, supersession, supplanting, variation

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